Nashville officer decommissioned after DUI arrest

A Metro police officer has been decommissioned after an early morning DUI arrest.

Travis Kneale, 26, was off duty driving east on Broadway near Sixth Avenue South in his personal vehicle when he was stopped by a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper because his headlights weren’t on.

During the vehicle stop, the trooper noticed that Kneale smelled of alcohol and that his eyes were bloodshot and watery. Kneale was extremely unsteady on his feet and failed field sobriety tests, police say. A handgun was in the console of his vehicle, police say.

Kneale also was charged with violation of the implied consent law for refusing to submit to a breath alcohol test, as well as unlawful gun possession while under the influence of alcohol.

He was released from jail today on $2,000 bond. Kneale worked out of the North Precinct and graduated from the police academy in December 2012.

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